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Sunday 4 July 2004LPGA TourYear in Review
Mallon wins U.S. Women's Open
The Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, Massachusetts · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July 2004 · Meg Mallon’s win no. 16 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3.1 million USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 60 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/16°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/15°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 276Started three back, bogeyed the first hole and fell five behind; closed with birdies at 17 and 18 for a 67 but Mallon's bogey-free 65 left her two short (ASAP; Wikipedia) Annika Sorenstam interview, July 4 2004 (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +5, 66 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Orchards G.C., South Hadley
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Annika Sörenstam
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 July 2004
And that is so Boston right there to say something like that. I figure if I can win the U.S. Open then the Red Sox can win the World Series.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 July 2004
I'm 41 years old, and you've got to enjoy your days, and enjoy when things like this happen.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 July 2004
I did everything that I could control. I can't control Meg. Sometimes it's just out of your hands and you have to accept that and move on.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meg Mallon | 73 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Annika Sorenstam | 71 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| 3 | Kelly Robbins | 74 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| 4 | Jennifer Rosales | 70 · 67 · 69 · 75 | 281 | −3 |
| T5 | Michele Redman | 70 · 72 · 73 · 67 | 282 | −2 |
| T5 | Candie Kung | 70 · 68 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T7 | Moira Dunn | 73 · 67 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Pat Hurst | 70 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Jeong Jang | 72 · 74 · 71 · 66 | 283 | −1 |
| T10 | Carin Koch | 72 · 67 · 75 · 70 | 284 | E |
| T10 | Rachel Teske | 71 · 69 · 70 · 74 | 284 | E |
| T10 | Michelle Ellis | 70 · 69 · 72 · 73 | 284 | E |
The golfer
born 1963-04-14, Natick, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1987; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
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